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MCCURDY v. SEC

Administrative Law, Securities Law
Defendant-SEC's one-year suspension of plaintiff, for recklessly departing from generally accepted auditing standards, is affirmed over plaintiff's...

CITY OF MONROE v. BRIDGESTONE CORP.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action lawsuit, dismissal of plaintiffs' claims is remanded to determine whether the complaint adequately pleads...

SEC v. EIGHTH DIST. ELEC. PENSION FUND

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
The district court's approval of a receivership plan distribution is affirmed where a district court's power to supervise an equity receivership and...

IN RE: DAOU SYS. INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claim, alleging security fraud, is reversed where the complaint states a sufficiently particularized claim for accounting...

CAIRA v. OFFNER

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action involving a dispute over ownership of a family company, judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's claims that the trial...

TAUCHER v. BROWN-HRUSKA

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In a suit where a portion of the Commodity Exchange Act was declared unconstitutional, the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing parties is...

IN RE: RITE AID CORP

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In assessing the reasonableness of attorneys' fees in a section 10(b) securities class action, the district court abused its discretion when it...

FERRIS, BAKER WATTS, INC. v. ERNST & YOUNG

Securities Law
Allegations of plaintiff's complaint were insufficient to show scienter under the pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform...

PROVENCIO v. WMA SEC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In a suit alleging improper investment advice, defendant's petition to compel arbitration is denied where defendant was no longer a member of the...

BARRIE v. INTERVOICE-BRITE, INC.

Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action, dismissal of plaintiffs' suit is reversed where the district court improperly held that the plaintiffs failed to...